000 01781pam 2200241 a 4500
001 35986274
008 961108s1997 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a96048601
020 $a0374176590 (alk. paper)
020 $a0374211787 (hc)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dPFO
040 $dMvI
049 $aMPH#,MPMB,MPNB,MPOW,MPRB,MPRW,MPSB
090 $aPQ8011.U7 1997
245 00 $aUnder African skies :$bmodern African stories
/$cedited and with an introduction by Charles R. Larson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c1997.
300 $axix, 315 p. ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aThe complete gentleman / Amos Tutuola -- The eyes
of the statue / Camara Laye -- Sarzan / Birago Diop -- Black
girl / Sembene Ousmane -- Papa, snake & I / Luis Bernardo
Honwana -- A meeting in the dark / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- A
handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- Mrs. Plum / Es'kia
Mphahlele -- Tekayo / Grace Ogot -- Two sisters / Ama Ata
Aidoo -- Girls at war / Chinua Achebe -- The prisoner who
wore glasses / Bessie Head -- In the hospital / Similih M.
Cordor -- The true martyr is me / Rene Philombe -- Innocent
terror / Tijan M. Sallah -- Africa kills her sun / Ken
Saro-Wiwa -- Afrika road / Don Mattera -- Why don't you
carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The magician and the
girl / Veronique Tadjo -- A prayer from the living / Ben
Okri -- Effortless tears / Alexander Kanengoni -- Give me a
chance / Mzamane Nhlapo -- Taken / Steve Chimombo -- I'm not
talking about that, now / Sindiwe Magona -- My father, the
Englishman, and I / Nuruddin Farah -- A gathering of bald
men / Mandla Langa.
650 0 $aShort stories, African.
650 0 $aAfrican fiction$y20th century.
650 0 $aShort stories, African$xTranslations into
English.
700 1 $aLarson, Charles R.
